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In 1992, the 3rd Battalion was disbanded and the old Essex connection ceased. However, infantry recruits from Essex who wish to serve with others from their county are assigned to companies in the 1st Battalion, Royal Anglian Regiment. C (Essex) Company, 1st Battalion, Royal Anglian Regiment continues the Essex link. [70]
Accordingly, the 1st Battalions of the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment and the Essex Regiment were merged to form the 3rd East Anglian Regiment (16th/44th Foot) on 2 June 1958, which itself became part of a new "large regiment": the Royal Anglian Regiment in 1964.
1st Battalion, Essex Regiment (1946–1958) 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment (1946–1948) 1st Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment (1946–1960) 2nd Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment (1946–1948) 1st Battalion, Royal Lincolnshire Regiment (1958–1960) 1st Battalion, 3rd East Anglian Regiment (1958–1964)
The battalion headquarters is located in Bury St Edmunds just up the road from the Regimental headquarters at the keep. The company locations are as follows: 1 (Norfolk & Suffolk) Company – Norwich and Lowestoft; 2 (Leicestershire & Northamptonshire) Company – Leicester and Corby; 3 (Essex & Hertfordshire) Company – Chelmsford and Hitchin
During the 1930s the air defences of the United Kingdom were strengthened, with a number of TA infantry battalions being converted to new roles: in 1935 the 7th Battalion, Essex Regiment was transferred to the Royal Artillery (RA) as 59th (The Essex Regiment) Anti-Aircraft Brigade, RA, (TA) and left 161st Brigade. [43]
The regiment also had a distinctive stable belt, black with purple stripes edged in amber, a combination of those of the two constituents. [8] The collar badges and lanyard of the 3rd East Anglians continued to be worn by the 3rd battalion of the Royal Anglian Regiment after the 1964 amalgamation.
7th Battalion, Essex Regiment; 9th Battalion, Essex Regiment (1940–42) 13th (Service) Battalion, Essex Regiment (West Ham) 16th Battalion, Essex Regiment; 17th Battalion, Essex Regiment; 26th Training Reserve Battalion; 59th (Essex Regiment) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery; 64th (Essex Regiment) Searchlight Regiment, Royal ...
4th Volunteer Battalion, Essex Regiment; 5th Essex (Plaistow and Victoria Docks) Rifle Volunteer Corps; 6th Battalion, Essex Regiment; 7th Battalion, Essex Regiment; 9th Battalion, Essex Regiment (1940–42) 9th Essex (Silvertown) Rifle Volunteer Corps; 13th (Service) Battalion, Essex Regiment (West Ham) 14th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery